Change-receiver



D. B. CONWAY. CHANGE RECEIVER.

No. 475,673. Patented May 24, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. CONWAY, OF MOORLAND, IOWA.

CHANGE-RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,673, dated May 24,1892. Application filed February 11, 1892. Serial No. 421,130. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, DAVID B. CONWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moorland, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Change-Receivers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to change-receivers; and it consists of the devicehereinafter de scribed and particularly claimed.

In passing and receiving change over cases and counters having a smoothsurface, and over glass show-cases especially, it is difficult to pickup the change deposited thereon, and as to glass cases the glass soonbecomes scratched and blurred by the friction of the change.Coin-receivers of various kinds have been constructed .to obviate thisdifficulty, and such is the function of my invention; but my objectparticularly is the construction of one of great cheapness andsimplicityone that can be easily applied to the edge of any counter orcase having an outer rail.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is an upright longitudinal view of myinvention applied to acase; Fig. 2, a plan of the receiver; Fig. 3, a bottom plan, and Fig. 4a side sectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a block of wood, having acircular or othershaped space E cut or otherwise formed therein to forma bowl to receive the change.

0 is a channel leading from the space E.

On the under side of the block A and across the end under the channel 0is formed a grooveD for the purpose of engaging a rail E on the edge ofa counter or case, as shown in Fig. 1. By this arrangement the block canbe rested on the rounded rail of a glass or other case or counter andslid along to any desired point thereon.

The open end of the channel 0 extends over the edge of the case orcounter, so that when change is placed in the bowl B it can be readilydrawn off by the customer or other person from the receiver into hishand. The groove on under side of the receiver and its opposite cornerson the entire bottom, if desired, may also be provided with pieces offelt F, soft cloth, or other equivalent material to prevent the receiverfrom scratching the case or counter.

Should it be desired to attach the receiver permanently to the counteror case, a screw can be inserted through the top of the receiver intothe counter or rail.

The receiver may be made of wood, glass, or any other suitable material.It will also be seen that the receiver can be used on a case or counterwithout a rail.

What I claim is- A change-receiver consisting of a block having abowl-like space formed therein, a channel leading therefrom, and agroove formed on the under side of the block, by which the receiver isheld on the case or counter rail, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DAVID B. CONWAY.

